awa

awa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Awadhi.

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻawa.

awa (uncountable)

1. Kava, specifically Piper methysticum.
   • 1874, Charles Nordhoff, Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands‎^[4], New York: Harper & Brothers, page 92:

     The manner of preparing awa is peculiarly disgusting. The root is chewed by women, and the spit out well-chewed mouthfuls into a calabash.

   • 1900, Oliver P. Emerson, “The Awa Habit of the Hawaiians”, in All about Hawaii: The Recognized Book of Authentic Information on Hawaii, Combined with Thrum's Hawaiian Annual and Standard Guide‎^[5], Honolulu: Honolulu Gazette Co., page 131:

     The awa plant is a species of pepper, the piper methysticum of the botanist, and is described as having fleshy stems from two to three feet high.

   • 1911 October 26, Daniel Logan, editor, The Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist‎^[6], volume 8, Honolulu, Hawaii, page 356:

     The majority say that there is little awa growing wild on Government lands, the bulk of that at present in the market being obtained from cultivated patches.

2. An intoxicating drink made from the kava plant, typically the root.
   • 1900, Oliver P. Emerson, “The Awa Habit of the Hawaiians”, in All about Hawaii: The Recognized Book of Authentic Information on Hawaii, Combined with Thrum's Hawaiian Annual and Standard Guide‎^[7], Honolulu: Honolulu Gazette Co., page 134:

     The Hawaiian gods were supposed to be particularly addicted to the use of awa. Songs were sung in praise of the drink.

   • 1910, S. M. Kanakau, “Ancient Hawaiian Religious Beliefs and Ceremonies”, in Thros. G. Thrum, editor, The Hawaiian Annual for 1911‎^[8], Honolulu: Thros. G. Thrum, page 150:

     When the prayer had finished, the awa was drunk and the sacred feast then began.

From Portuguese água.

awa

1. water

• Philippe Maurer (1995), L'angolar : un créole afro-portugais parlé à São Tomé : notes de grammaire, textes, vocabulaires (Kreolische Bibliothek; 16) (in French), Hamburg: H. Buske, →ISBN, →OCLC: “awa [HH] eau (ptg. agua). awa boka bave. awa ngairu ruisseau, fleuve. awa ȏngȇ n'na ome sperme. awa rago ~ rogo eau de noix de coco. awa wȇ larme.”

• IPA^(key): /awa/

awa (Bengali script আৱা)

1. father

• baba
• wa•

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

awa

1. here

awa

1. fire

• Bill Palmer, editor (2018), The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area, Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 516

• Hyphenation: a‧wa

Unknown

awa

1. a wild sea dwelling milkfish (Chanos chanos); as opposed to milkfish raised in aquaculture (see usage notes)
2. the Hawaiian ladyfish (Elops hawaiensis)

• Awa, alternatively named inahan sa bangus, mainly refers to the wild milkfish while bangus refer mostly to the cultivated milkfish.

Short for tan-awa

awa

1. look!

• IPA^(key): /a.wa/

awa

1. and (used only in numerical expressions such as awa chaffa)

• Mobilian: awa

From Proto-Central Naga *ɣaʔ.

• IPA^(key): /a˥.waʔ˩/, [a˥.waʔ˩]

awa

1. to swim

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[9], Berkeley: University of California, pages 63, 181
• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 13
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 168

Borrowed from English hour.

awa

1. hour

• Goodenough, Ward H.; Sugita, Hiroshi (1980), Trukese-English Dictionary‎^[10], Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, →ISBN, page 21

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aβa.

• IPA^(key): /aˈwa/, [aˈʷa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧wa

awa

1. man

• Carl Harrison, Carole Harrison (2013), “awa”, in Dicionário Guajajára-Português (overall work in Portuguese), Anápolis: SIL Brasil, page 16, column 1

From Proto-Gbe *-bá, *-bɔ́,^[1] from the older Proto-Volta-Niger *ɔ́-bɔ́. Cognate with Fon awà (“arm”), Fon abǎ (“arm”), Saxwe Gbe abɔ́ (“arm”), Aja (West Africa) abɔ (“arm”), Aja (West Africa) aba (“arm”), Ayizo awa (“forearm”), Ayizo aba (“arm”), Ewe abɔ (“arm”).

• IPA^(key): /ā.wà/

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awà (plural awà lɛ́ or awà lẹ́)

1. wing
2. arm

Borrowed from English hour.

• IPA^(key): /ʔá.wàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔá.wàː]
• Hyphenation: a‧wa

awā̀ f (plural awōyī, possessed form awàr̃)

1. hour

   Synonym: sa'a

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.wa/, [ˈɐ.ʋə]

From Proto-Polynesian *awa (“channel, opening in a reef” – compare with Māori awa, Tahitian ava, Tongan ava and Samoan ava)^[1] from Proto-Oceanic *sawaŋ from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawaŋ (compare with Malay sawang “expanse”, Iban sawang “gap”, Tagalog sáwang “depth”).^[2][3]

awa

1. channel, passage
2. port, harbor, cove

   Synonyms: hono, hana

• awāwa

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

awa

1. milkfish

áwà

1. compassion, mercy, pity

Inherited from Proto-Arawa *aga.

awa

1. (Banawá) wood

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

awa

1. Rōmaji transcription of あわ

awa

1. romanization of ꦲꦮ

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quhaw (compare Tagalog uhaw, Cebuano uhaw, Hiligaynon uhaw, Tausug uhaw, Waray-Waray uhaw), from Proto-Austronesian *quSaw.

• IPA^(key): /əˈwa/ [əˈwa]
• Hyphenation: á‧wa

awa

1. thirst
2. (figurative) craving; strong desire (for something)

   Synonyms: bisa, maibug, kasabikan

awa

1. thirsty

   Synonyms: mawa, kawa

2. lacking moisture; dry (as of soil)

   Synonyms: tigang, langi

3. (figurative) having a craving or strong desire (for something)

   Synonyms: bisa, maibug, kasabikan

awa

1. alternative spelling of wa
2. alternative spelling of ua
3. alternative spelling of uwa

From Japanese [Term?].

awa

1. drinkware; cup; glass

awa

1. here

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *awa (“channel, opening in a reef” – compare with Rarotongan ava, Tahitian ava, Samoan ava) from Proto-Oceanic *sawaŋ from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawaŋ (compare with Malay sawang “expanse”, Iban sawang “gap”, Tagalog sáwang “depth”).^[1]

Other Polynesian languages generally retain the Proto-Polynesian meaning (e.g. Samoan and Hawaiian awa); the Māori cognate gains an additional new meaning of "river" as the large rivers observed in newly explored New Zealand were perceived more similar to channels than the small streams (Proto-Polynesian *waitafe “flowing waters” corresponding to wai tahe – see also Hawaiian waikahe, Tongan vaitafe, Samoan vaitafe)^[2] known by the Māori's prior ancestors.^[3]

• IPA^(key): /ˈawa/ [ˈɐwɐ]

awa

1. river, creek, stream

   Synonym: wai

2. groove, fluting
3. (archaic) channel

   Synonym: hongere

4. (archaic) landing for canoes

• awa kōpaka (“glacier”)
• awaawa (“gully”)
• ngutuawa (“river mouth”)

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “awa”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 28
• John C. Moorfield (2011), “awa”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index‎^[11], 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Borrowed from English hour.

• (phonetics) IPA^(key): [ɑwɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /ɰæwæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {hawah}

awa (inalienable awaō, construct awaan) (alienable)

1. hour (time period of sixty minutes)

   Awaan waj ko adjeel kein.

   Here are the watch hours for the three of us.

2. timepiece, such as a clock, watch etc.

   Joļo̧k bōd ak ej jab jerbal awa e.

   I'm sorry but that clock doesn't work.

3. time (as indicated by a clock), o'clock

   Jete awa ilo awa n̄e i lowa?

   What time does the clock inside say?

awa (transitive awaik, causative kaawawa) (intransitive, predicative)

1. to be the time (for something)

   Eawa.

   It's time [to go].

2. to be late, to run late

   Ij etal kiiō bwe eawaūk eō.

   I'm going now because I'm late.

• alen (“time (instance)”)
• kattōn (“time (instance)”)
• tōre (“time (era, period, events)”)

awa specifically refers to clock time or hours. For time in general, iien is used.

• Abo, Takaji; Bender Byron W.; Capelle, Alfred; DeBrum, Tony (2009–), “awa”, in Marshallese–English Online Dictionary‎^[12]
• Nik Willson (2014), Naan‎^[13], Majuro, Marshall Islands, pages 913–4

awa

1. water

• Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction (1995, →ISBN)

• IPA^(key): /ˈawa/, [ˈa.wɐ]
• Rhymes: -awa
• Hyphenation: a‧wa
• Homophone: -awa

Inherited from Old Tupi aba.^[1]

awa (IIf class pluriform, plural awa-itá, absolute awa, R1 rawa, R2 sawa)

1. contour feather; plumage

   Coordinate term: pepú (“flight feather”)

2. (loosely) any feather
3. fur
4. body hair
5. (rare) headhair

awa (2nd class)

1. to be feathery
2. to be hairy

Inherited from Old Tupi 'aba.^[1]

awa (plural awa-itá)

1. head of hair

Inherited from Old Tupi oba, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *oβ.^[1]

awa (IIf class pluriform, plural awa-itá, absolute awa, R1 rawa, R2 sawa)

1. leaf

From English our.

awá

1. our

From Proto-West Germanic *aiw.

āwa

1. always, ever, forever

Univerbation of a + wa.^[1] First attested in the 14th century.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /a(ː)va/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ava/, /ɒva/

awa

1. (attested in Lesser Poland) here!
   • c. 1301-1350, Kazania świętokrzyskie‎^{scan transliteration, transcription}, Miechów, page dv 4:

     Aua tih slov [wykład z języ]ka lacinskego v polsky iesc taky

     [Awa tych słow [wykład z języ]ka łacińskiego w polski jeść taki]

• Middle Polish: awa

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “awa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

From Portuguese água and Spanish agua and Kabuverdianu agu.

The Portuguese word comes from Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

awa

1. water

• Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction (1995, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /aˈwa/

awa anim sg (animate plural ôki, inanimate singular ôma, inanimate plural ôhi, Syllabics ᐊᐊᐧ)

1. (preceding a noun) this

   nipâw awa atim ― this dog is sleeping

2. (following a noun) this is

   atim awa ― this is a dog

• ana (“that”)
• nâha (“that (over there)”)

• awa in Plains Cree Online Dictionary

Borrowed from English hour, from Middle English houre, oure, from Old French houre, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).

• IPA^(key): /ɐwɐ/

awa

1. hour

Inherited from Old Polish awa.^[1] By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ wa

• Rhymes: -ava
• Syllabification: a‧wa

awa

1. (Middle Polish) expresses uncertainty; maybe, perhaps [16th c]^[2]
2. (Middle Polish) interrogative particle: introduces a yes-no question [17th–18th c.]^[3][4]

From Middle English awey, from Old English onweġ.

• IPA^(key): /əˈwɑː/

awa (not comparable)

1. away

awa (comparative mair awa, superlative maist awa)

1. absent, gone, distant

• IPA^(key): /ˈawa/ [ˈa.wa]
• Rhymes: -awa
• Syllabification: a‧wa

awa f (plural awas)

1. eye dialect spelling of agua (“water”)

• aua — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Said to be from Sanskrit आवह् (āvah, “favor”).^[1]

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔawaʔ/ [ˈʔaː.wɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -awaʔ
• Syllabification: a‧wa

awà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ)

1. compassion; mercy; pity

   Synonyms: habag, pagkahabag, hambal, lunos, miserikordiya

• “awa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[14] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.wa]

awa

1. rainbow

Possibly the same as the previous etymology, as a semantic extension.

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.wa]

awa

1. sign, mark

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

awa

1. sea

• IPA^(key): [awa]

awa (possessed awadü or ewadü)

1. (Brazil) alternative form of öwa (“cemetery”)

• ìn-a (Ekiti)

Cognate with Igala àwa

• IPA^(key): /à.wā/

àwa

1. we (emphatic first-person plural personal pronoun)

awa

1. accusative singular of aw